“You win a debate with a better argument, not by force.”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“When you’re talking birth control, what blocks it and freezes it out is that it’s not a matter of more or fewer babies being argued. That’s just on the surface. What’s underneath is a conflict of faith, of faith in empirical social planning versus faith in the authority of God as revealed by the teachings of the Catholic Church. You can prove the practicality of planned parenthood till you get tired of listening to yourself and it’s going to go nowhere because your antagonist isn’t buying the assumption that anything socially practical is good per se. Goodness for him has other sources which he values as much as or more than social practicality.”
Source: Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance and Siddhartha 2 Books Collection Set
“...it was then I recognized that my own values --- the tenets I hold dear as an Englishman --- they are not the only, nor the best, values in existence. I understood there were many ways of being in the world, that to privilege one rigid set of beliefs over another was to lose something.”
Source: Washington Black
“The problem with compromising your principles is that everyone likes you except yourself.”
Source: Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others
“Everything is Circumstantial.”
“To speak truthfully is to accurately represent one’s beliefs.”
Source: Lying
“Value is not always visible. Sometimes, it’s invisible and intangible.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“It's just so impressive to see how the women have used making Fair Trade clothes to escape poverty and empower themselves and their children. - Emma Watson”
Source: Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution
“You don’t get a choice with who you bond with. But even given a choice, I wouldn’t have made the connection with anyone else.”
Source: Court of Vampires
“You’re not dead, Lyssy,” Lisar says quietly. “Out of all the people I’ve met in the world, you’re the person that’s most alive.”
Source: Court of Vampires